I can't comment on the 30" Korean screens, but I got a 27" QHD Yamakasi Catleap and it's been wonderful. No quality problems at all. And I had an expensive 1920x1200 HP before.
I bought 2 Yamakasi 30" screens. The design of the case meant that the DVI plug, when inserted into the socket, would exert sufficient force on the socket to permanently damage it after a few months (which is what happened to me).
On the 2nd Yamakasi, my father and I manually cut a channel for the cable into the plastic to prevent the 2nd screen becoming unusable in the same way as the first.
In the meantime Yamakasi stopped making that model (I guess 6 months is a long time) and I was forced to buy a different brand. Guess what? Same poorly designed case! Plus the electronics are different and, having very cheap components, it has since burnt out some small components, rendering that screen inoperable. I emailed the seller asking if a replacement PCB could be purchased. No answer.
For those keeping score: I have bought 3 Korean 30" screens. Of which 1 is still working after 6 months. And that one only still works because of modifications made to it.
At the time, the other Jacques active on HN (Mattheij) gently remonstrated me for gambling on the huge discount I was getting vs Dells or HPs. I now wish I could take all my smugness back from that point in time and bottle it for sale to Harvard MBA students.
My next purchases will probably be smaller Dells, to be arranged in a portrait configuration.
I'm aware. I was making a distinction between the 27" and 30" models, because I only have experience with the 27" model.
> The design of the case meant that the DVI plug, when inserted into the socket, would exert sufficient force on the socket to permanently damage it after a few months
For comparison I currently have 3 Koran 27" screens (traveling, don't recall the brand.) 1 was broken on arrival and the seller replaced. 1 started having problem 8 months in, sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. In total I've had one of them for 14 months and 2 for about 12 months.
When you factor in really needing to use monitor arms it probably doesn't make sense. But they look great.
> When you factor in really needing to use monitor arms it probably doesn't make sense. But they look great.
I don't see any reason to use a monitor arm. Sure, the stand doesn't let you adjust the height, but you can just use some books or cardboard boxes to adjust that.
You could consider the Monoprice 27" IPS panels. $350 a pop and a much better retailer standing behind them. I don't own any personally, but I know folks who've had them around a year now and no complaints. (Looking to pick a couple up soon.)
Very interesting about the electronics - I'm guessing they used the cheapest stuff they could to minimize the cost for the expensive 10 bit S-IPS panels (which are top of the line compared to the cheaper E-IPS and AH-IPS).
